USSR destroyer that can suppress P-51

• Dec 1, 2011

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rousseau

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I wondered are there any such fighter built by USSR in WWII that were capable to overwhelm P-51 on turn rate, climb rate or roll rate?
I heard that MiG-7, La-7, YAK-9 were outstanding, but don't know their capability for exact.

 

• Dec 1, 2011

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FLYBOYJ

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I think all aircraft were excellent but the La-9 and the later La-11 were probably pretty comparable to the P-51 at lower altitudes. As far as overwhelming the P-51 in any performance category? I think not.

 

• Dec 1, 2011

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tomo pauk

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Depends on the current altitude and speed.
Generally, low down and at lower speed, Soviet birds should gain the upper hand. Higher up at higher speed, P-51 should prevail, Merlinized P-51 especially.

The graphs about Soviet fighters are somewhere in this forum, ditto for P-51, so it should be easy to compare them.

 

• Dec 2, 2011

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rousseau

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Well, could you please help to find the "somewhere" ?
By search engine I found nothing connecting to what I wanted

 

• Dec 2, 2011

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tomo pauk

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A topic with many performance graphs:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/flight-test-data/requesting-performance-data-vvs-fighter-types-29604.html

Tables about Soviet fighters:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/flight-test-data/russian-fighters-18294.html

Topic about Yakovlyev fighters:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/flight-test-data/performance-comparison-yakovlev-fighter-family-17580.html

The site is on Spanish language, but that should not be the problem:

http://www.rkka.es/aviones/aviones_index.htm

Seems like a good site:

WAR IS OVER /

There you go, plenty of numbers to crunch

 

• Dec 2, 2011

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fastmongrel

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Dont forget for all the number crunching the pilot with the Height, the speed and the first sight nearly always won the battle no matter what was being flown